Summer Concepcion

Summer Concepcion is the front page editor of Talking Points Memo based in New York City. Previously, she covered the 2016 presidential election for Fusion and worked as a researcher at The Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute. She's an LA native and former Chicago transplant. Reach her at summer@talkingpointsmemo.com

When asked whether he planned to call former President Barack Obama after being targeted by mail bombings, President Donald Trump said Friday that he would if “they wanted [him] to” but that he “will probably pass.”

The U.S. Embassy in Canberra, Australia apologized Sunday for an email featuring a photo of a Cookie Monster costume-wearing cat holding a plate of chocolate chip cookies, according to the Australian Associated Press.

A Vanity Fair report Tuesday sheds light on how Hope Hicks, President Donald Trump’s former communications director, landed her new job as the chief communications officer for Fox News’ parent company “New FOX.”

Two days after the Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said GOP senators were “literally under assault” during the confirmation process at a press conference in Kentucky Monday.